Lovely picture, Mary! What is the figure holding? A scroll? Or is a an angel wearing a breast plate? The stone has softened so it is hard to tell. The shadow accenting the right edge is helpful in giving it shape.
Mary MacADNski: I looked back at the files and would guess a scroll because in the version without flash there are words visible though eroded enough that it can't be read. I prefer the unlit version but it is a bit blurry. The colour is very different. I just uploaded it to another blog so that you can have a look too though as I said, it's a bit blurry. You can click to make larger. http://photosandpursuits.blogspot.com/2008/01/for-petrushka.html
This is some outstanding picture again, the statue seems to be alive!!
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Astrid. There were several on the church but one will do for here unless I start running out of files but I doubt I will be laid up that long
This sculpture seems eroded. You have acid rain on PEI? If so, I am surprised.
Great picture. Will make time to listen to Van.
Mary MacADNski: Yes, we have acid rain and the church is made from sandstone which erodes quite easily. ALWAYS tke time to listen to Van the same as you would 'stop to smell the roses'.
I see what you mean when you said you had a similar post to my statue last week, Mary.
I'm trying to figure out the light source in this shot... was it being beamed from below? or was it your flash?
can't seem to figure out what she's holding either...
Mary MacADNski: The light source is my flash. Here's a link to a shot with natural light. You can click on the photo to make it full sized. In it, the features are more readable but a bit blurry. http://photosandpursuits.blogspot.com/2008/01/for-petrushka.html
Mary MacADNski: If you look back at the comments for this one, I've sent a few people to a shot I posted on another blog of this shot without flash. It's entirely different.
Oddball
A Little Short
Grass
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